Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

Podcast 584: Previewing the Newport Jazz Festival with Danny Melnick

Straight No Chaser is the place for jazz lovers (and those who will soon be jazz lovers) to enjoy podcasts with their favorite music and artists. Winner of the 2017 JazzTimes Readers' Poll for Best Podcast, your host Jeffrey Siegel will take you inside the world of jazz, from the new releases to the best festiva;s to remembrances of jazz legends.

The Summer Jazz Festival season is in full swing, and the first
weekend in August will bring us the Newport Jazz Festival
(presented by Natixis) August 4-6 at Fort Adams State Park in
Newport, Rhode Island. One of the oldest and most important Jazz
Festivals in the US, this year’s festival seems to be building on
the injections of young talent and new ways of presenting music
that marked the past few year’s triumphs.

Newport has three stages (four if you count the intimate
Storyville for solo performers) that keep the music and fun going
from 11 am to around dusk each day. Fort Adams State Park has
waterfront vistas, and the entire area makes for a wonderful
summer’s day.